That number belongs to a company? called Tristan Yachts... suppossedly a foreign company trying to get people to process payments in the united states for customers... most people feel like they are not legit... they have a website set up with pics of the yachts they sell... but the english translation leaves a lot to be desired... Ann or Anna Oliver is the person associated with the HR department that sent me info with that number... have seen this posted on some other sites warning of scams....

Thank you very much for your warning.  I received the very same email posted
from careerbuilder.com.
It is really disappointing how others resort to such tactics during desparate
times. Just when I thought humanity could not reach any lower!

Anyone knows who this is?

Thank you for your message, I'm very pleased to meet you. I apologize for the delay - I have just returned from

a business trip in Europe. It seems to me that we'll be working very closely with you in the next several weeks.

I prefer to be contacted by email, since I do a lot of travelling, and I'm not always able to answer phonecalls.




As for the financial issue, I haven't sent the initial payment yet, however, I will do it by the end of the week and inform your about it. Currently, I'm out of town on a business trip, however, I will be back this afternoon and take care of it.




As for now I don't have any specific questions to you, but I will definitely need your assistance, when the

works on the project start. Thank you in advance, I'm looking forward to working with you!




Best regards,

John Jankovski

Hi Everyone;
DO NOT and I repeat DO NOT trust these people they are a scammers and liars. Apparently, according to the FBI they have managed to actually falsely duplicate everything from the real company Tristan Yachts.  They scammed money from someone,put it into my account (because I signed up for direct deposit) and unknown to me I sent it to what I thought was the real Tristan Yachts so a client could get their yacht built. Bank of America froze my accounts, told me I was stupid for trusting them and now I cannot even pay my rent. My guard is up even more than ever because I am just try to find a good paying job until I have finished school, and now I have to deal with this. NOT FAIR  I HOPE THEY ARE CAUGHT AND PUT IN JAIL!

I also got a call from Ann Oliver her email is a.oliver@tristanyachts.com  her phone number is  1 (786) 623-5548.  The company named Tristan Yachts the web site is: www.tristanyachts.com .  Even the site disagrees with the company?s product.  They have you tube video:   www.youtube.com/tristanyachts  of a boat docking with a joy stick.  And they are to be yacht builders.  The job is for a customer service rep.  Even the web site has a posting for this job.  So, it really looks real.  Ann Oliver faxed me over an application for employment.  Then about two days latter I received a phone call to set up a telephone interview.  The way the world is going right now a 1st interview over the phone is really not unheard of.  Anyway Ann Oliver hired me after only a few questions right on the phone.  I was never asked for ID, SS card, to fill out an I9 (or anything that was normal for a new hire).  I asked about an employee email address and access to the web site for employees.  Ann Oliver sends me several emails saying that the server was going through maintenance and she would give me access to the site when it came back up.  Of course the server is still down so I never got an email address.  I had asked about training and she said that the training would be on going on the job.  That I would be working hand and hand with a manager and dealing direct with customers.  I was to finalize customer contracts and collect their deposits.  In a few days I was emailed a single name, number, and email address.  This customers' Mr. Janovski phone number had an error message nonworking number ring.  So, being the good "NEW EMPLOYEE" I emailed the customer to say that I was the new contact for the company.  To my surprise I received a return email from someone claiming to be our customer.  He had said that he was very happy to hear from me and preferred email contact only.  I was requested to ask this customer about the timing of a deposit.  He said that he was going to do a "TEST" wire into my account to make sure the account was setup correct. I never received this test wire. Then ANN OLIVER came back into the picture as well and a woman named Sandra Williams at 631-676-1201 or reaches her at williams@trixtall.com.  Please note that her email address is not the same as the companies nor is it the same as Ann Olivers email company tag address.  This Sandra Williams was to have been with the wire room from the company.  They both said the following in a email from Ann Oliver:
(Beginning of email from Ann Oliver)
Please do the following:
1. Visit the bank and withdraw $8,224 in cash. Your fee is $433, you can keep it at your account.
2. Visit three nearest Western Union offices and send the following transactions to our designers in Europe (there will be a fee of $135 for each transfer, that's why you will need $7,819 + $405 ($135x3)):
$2,606 for Maksims Belakovs;
$2,607 for Semen Nevolin;
$2,606 for Olga Vorobeva.
City: Lugansk
Country: the Ukraine (please do not confuse it with the UK)
Please send each transfer from a different WU office, since there are limits for outgoing transfers, which depend on the policy of each WU
location. Besides, if you send everything from 1 office, it will be difficult for the receivers to get their payment today, since there may be a delay in processing 2 transfers from 1 place. Also, please make the following note on the transfer: "money in minutes", so that our designers could receive funds within a couple of minutes after you actually send them.
If a WU representative tells you that they will not be able to process your transaction, please visit another office. Unfortunately, we can't do anything about it, so the best way to get things done quickly and without delays is just sending the funds as personal, not business transfers.
3. Please do the transfers ASAP, so that they could receive their fees today. After you're finished, please send me the MTCNs, and save the receipts from the WU offices - I will need them for the record.
Best regards,
Ann Oliver (end of email )
I would be receiving a wire into my account for about $8,244.  The $433 was to be my fee for moving the $8,244 my account into three separate accounts via Western Union.  Also, I was requested to go to three different Western Union officers to send these monies.  The $2,606 was to go to three separate accounts.  The reason for thee amounts as told to me by Ann Oliver was due to a maximum fee of $2,000 per wire.  Funny these wires were for $2,606 each, lol...  The original wire included the money for the wire fees as well.  The account that I had given was a closed account with a local bank that was warned about these possible income wires as well as possible out going wires.  I never received any wires for these monies at all.  Then the battery of phone calls and email started.  They wanted to know why I did not send the money.  They said that I had received the funds and when I told them I never received any funds they asked for a screen prints for the account acitivity.  Next the law was mentioned.  They told me that they were going to call the local police if I did not return the money.  However, they did not give me any address, or account numbers for the moneys to be sent to.  They instead wanted me to send the money to the same original western union accounts.  As far as salary goes I was to have received $3,000 per month for my services.  I was to have started on July 1, 2009.  Meaning that my Salary would be received 30 days after my start date and always on the 7th of the money.  This salary would be in addition to the 5% for the sales (meaning deposits) from customers.  On July 7, 2009 I was to have received my 1st payroll wired into my account.  On July 9th I still had not received any funds for payroll.  This payroll by the way was to be a 1099 status which is why they did not need I9 or other government information for new employee, and why no insurance information had to be filled out.  Right not the date is August 4, 2009 and I should receive $6,000 for July and August on the 7th of August. After all of the PROBLEMS with the incoming wire they told me that they would not be sending a wire for my payroll as they wanted to make sure I actually received the payroll funds that they were going to wait until August 8, 2009 one day after the due date and then mail the funds in the form of a check.  The reasons for the one day delay would be due to make sure that the funds were not sent and accepted twice.  I have been in touch with the local FBI office in my area about this problem.  The FBI has a web site named http://www.ic3.gov/default.aspx or IC3.gov to use if anyone else has a problem.  This is really a bad scam and I assume that someone could really loose a lot of money if they had given the real account information. However, a lot of people may jump on the ideal due to the employment market being so bad.

This is a scam.  Don't disclose any private information.  There's no such company.

Its a scam!  Stay away from it if u wana be safe

Its a freaking SCAM! Stay away if you want to be safe

Well I have been playing along with this scam for over a month now, waiting and hoping it wasnt too good to be true. I have done pretty much zero work for Ann so I was very skeptical myself. Not to mention the myriad of other red flags which have come up since Ann first contacted me. I wasn't sure what the scam could be but i finally received a call from Lisa, Ann's "assistant" who wanted to know if I would be willing to accept a payment from a customer for a ship order. Here-in lies the scam. The so called "customer" would deposit a bad check into my account after which it would be my responsibility to turn around and deposit that amount into Tristan's bank account before the bad check could bounce leaving me thousands in the hole. Dont waste your time with these people. They are dedicated scammers and are pretty good at what they do.

I also got that message from Ann Oliver.  I googled the name and eventually stumbled onto this site.  Just what I initially thought...It's a Scam!
I guess the best thing for me to do is DELETE.  plain and simple.
end of discussion

Why would you provide your social security number to an unknown recipient, let alone the internet? That's never a good idea, especially that it wasn't encrypted.  I would be very cautious now that it's being circulated.  You should notify the social security office immediately.  You may also want to contact your bank/investment accounts as well as credit card companies.

NEVER PASS OUT PERSONAL INFORMATION TO SOMEONE YOU DON'T KNOW.

I got the same email as the rest of you but I responded thusly:
"There are many scams out there that start out very much like this.  If this is a bona fide opportunity then please send information regarding your corporate website, corporate contact information and complete information r3egarding the position.  I assume that you have a US tax id number and if this is a contractor position, you would not mind sending the details of that contract.  If this is a real position with a real company, I would be interested in discussing it further.  I apologize if I sound skeptical, but there are just too many of these kind of messages coming from CareerBuilder that are unsolicited.  I will not participate in any operation that is not legal or authorities to operate in the US and is not recognized by the US Internal Revenue Service."

So far there has been no response.  When you click on the "Block This Employer" link in the message, CareerBuilder's site has a data error and that was my real clue that this is a scam.  Over the past couple of years, I have gotten several of these from CB, Monster and Craigslist.  They are getting pretty easy to spot.

OK WILL DO LATER THIS EVENING....YOU CAN EMAIL ME AT mosmtgpro@yahoo.com

She gave me John's information on June 29,2009. When you have a chance e-mail me at deena.cates@gmail.com

EVERYONE HERE NEEDS TO GO TO THE FBI WEBSITE AND FILL OUT THE COMPLAINT FORM....MAYBE WE CAN HELP SAVE SOMEONE FROM GETTING TAKEN OR LOSING THE ONLY MONEY THEY HAVE..

ANN OLIVER SENT ME THE INFO. ON JUNE 25,2009..WHEN DID SHE SEND THE INFO TO YOU?

July 18 - Letters of employment offer are still going out. THANKS for all these posts. This looked too good to be true. THANKS, Google.

I was just wondering when Ann gave you the information on John. She gave me the same information on John for my first customer

Details for Manufacturer Identification Code KOF

MIC:
    KOF    

Status:
    Out of Business

Company:
    TRISTAN YACHTS INC    

Company Official:
    BRUNELLE, E

Parent Company:
        

Parent MIC:
    

Address:
    3040 GOLDEN RD    

City:
    GREENVILLE

State:
    NC    

Zip:
    27834

Country:
        

Phone:
    9197521237

Fax:
        

In Business:
    8/22/1985 12:00:00 AM

Out of Business:
    5/7/1991 12:00:00 AM    

Date Modified:
    5/7/1991 12:00:00 AM

Type:
    Importers    

Additional Address:
    

Comments:
    OOB BSC 71 RETD 910507

LETS SHOW THESE SCAMMERS THEY CANNOT GET BY WITH THIS......

Shelly - COOL!  And you're right, the more people who file complaints, the more likely that there will be action.  It's important to move fast on these guys.

I just filled out the forms on the fbi website...I keep all of you informed...I do think if anyone here did have the offer or ever spoke to these people should also fill out the forms on the fbi website...This will get the feds on it faster.

try http://www.ic3.gov/default.aspx

I recieved the same info and spoke with ann oliver also..I am a former mortgage broker also, and I filled out the application and sent bank info. But thank god I opened an account seperate from my personal account to be only for my direct deposit...I have had one customer ann oliver sent me by the name of john jankovski,ann told me we would do a three way call with him on witch design boat he had chosen...it never happened, I never put any money in this account and I had a gut feeling and I wish I would had found this blog before I acted...Ann Oliver called me on 7-9-09 and said she tried to direct deposit my weeks pay and it would not go thru..she also said she was mailing it that day and I would have another customer on the 10th I have not heard from her since, so I started investigating on my own ,thats when I found you guys....How do I CONTACT THE FBI.....I feel so stupid...also same telephone numbers as all of you have...

Tritan Yachts:  This is a SCAM!

Thank you for contacting CareerBuilder?s Trust and Site Security Team.

This is a payment processing scam message, which did not originate from the CareerBuilder.com web site.  This is a spoof email and should be disregarded and deleted at this time.

For more information about Online Fraud, we do offer a Fraud Page for Jobseekers:
http://www.careerbuilder.com/JobSeeker/Info/Fraud.aspx

Regards,
Trust & Site Security Team (TSST1)
CareerBuilder.com | Experience Better

I received an email shortly after I blogged this site stating the security department could not verify my information and please do not contact us again. they will not reply. I have never been turned down for a job. something is up.

Don't quit your regular job, there Brian. This is a scam of some sort.

Fake Fake Fake...I asked a lot of questions and told her I did not want to give out my bank account info. She said no problem and she would be sending me a contract. Next thing I got was an email claiming that their security dept could not verify my info. Not sure what that means...I would stay away from them.

How did they scam you? Take money? Did you do any work or receive any training?